Maybe someone to the west can confirm but Cumberland, MD's "Country 102.9" WROG is off-the-air as of July 31st per their filing with the FCC. They are moving...
Since I'm the only Philadelphia on this forum, for anybody who reads these, do any of ya's receive any Philly FM stations and TV signals either all the time or...
Ed Perkins
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Aug 1, 2008 4:36 pm
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I know once while driving back to Hersey from Buffalo,NY engineering a Phila. Wings Lacross radio broadcast the night before in Buffalo driving down that main...
Ed Perkins
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Aug 1, 2008 4:41 pm
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... And 99.9 out of Frederick. WAYZ is really something. I am telling you, driving in central York County where I am... their singal is stronger than 105.1...
Playing Mr. Radio Owner I'm thinking 93.3 comes on as either a CHR since the area only has urban-leaning "Wild 96.7" or as adult contemporary taking on "Lite...
Based on forum activity you *ARE* half the board Ed haha! I only get Philly stations by the ocasional skip which has been in force this year. Usually "My...
I have to say of all the Philly FMs, 106.1 is a really strong one or should I say the strongest and their tower I believe isn't in the Roxborough Antenna Farm...
Ed Perkins
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Aug 1, 2008 7:09 pm
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Isn't ESPN on 1380 Hagerstown? Even a Class A FM would blow that out of the water....
Cumberland's economy is very poor right now. I understand that the real reason for the move is to get WROG off 102.9 so that the station's owners can move...
Wouldn't mind seeing 1500AM go back to ALL NEWS. Miss it since it went to the FM side. I know I can listen online but miss hearing it driving in my van up...
Ed Perkins
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Aug 12, 2008 1:48 am
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Did WGAL TV have a different antenna pattern and power output before 1983? Where I grew up in NE Philly there were times the roof antenna on my house would ...
Ed Perkins
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Aug 20, 2008 3:27 pm
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Speaking of another Central PA station I use to pull in barely and they were a stereo simulcast affiliate that aired NBC Fri. Night Videos in the early-mid ...
Ed Perkins
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Aug 20, 2008 3:35 pm
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Snipped from http://www.fybush.com/nerw2.html#pa In Harrisburg, Cumulus has flipped WTCY (1400) to ESPN sports, returning the station to its original callsign,...
Wasn't 1400AM a TOP 40 Hits station in the summer of 82. At the same time in Philly, the popular station was WCAU HOT HITS 98 at 98.1FM which the format ...
Ed Perkins
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Aug 25, 2008 2:27 pm
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From DCRTV.com; *PA's WITF Buys Cumberland's WROG* - 9/15 - Broadcast Communications is selling WROG in Cumberland MD to Harrisburg PA-area public broadcaster ...
... is ... broadcaster ... While I haven't heard anyone talking about a format, it seems pretty likely that WROG will become a relay of 89.5. The proposed Tx...
... I thought the whole idea of moving the signal to Chambersburg was to make a lot more money and sell it as a commercial signal? I'm surprised that WITF of...
... I agree. ... This is not surprising to me at all (speaking as a former WITFer, albeit one who had no knowledge of this deal and just found out about it in...
... Didn't know that WETA only ran classical music. Last I checked -- this was before their attempt to go news-talk -- they had News Hour, ATC and Morning...
Looking at the coverage map for the FM 93.3 construction permit I can't see WITF using it to serve the city of Hagerstown, too far away and too directional....
Couple changes on the Phila. radio dial. Looks like CoolJazz 97.5 WJJZ has switched it format to a soft rock type geared for today's youth. It's now known as ...
Ed Perkins
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Sep 15, 2008 5:49 pm
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe WETA went back to all-classical (having, as you said, gone all-NPR!) once Bonneville decided to kill off classical WGMS....
It's all music, except I believe they do still run the Newshour, owing to the fact that it's produced at WETA-TV. WVPubRad has the longest station ID ever. I...
I remember liking WJJZ back in my pre-XM days when I was passing through the Philly area. But I guess the trend of dropping smooth jazz as a format is...
The Classical Network does a pretty long one live. They originate out of Trenton,NJ at 89.1FM (WWFM) and have a bunch of stations and transilators through out ...
Ed Perkins
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Sep 16, 2008 1:16 pm
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You still can listen to Cool Jazz here. You'll need an HD radio to listen. 106.1fm's digital freq. still offers it. In regards to the 2 local Catholic stations...
Ed Perkins
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Sep 16, 2008 1:25 pm
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Christian formatted "Word FM" which is carried in the central PA region (and far beyond) must have an ID set that can be a minute long when ID'ing translators....
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